Alphonse de Lamartine, 1830, cast before 1856, French, Bronze, Overall: 5 3/8 x 5 1/4 in. (13.7 x 13.3 cm), Medals and Plaquettes, Pierre-Jean David d’Angers was the most prolific and one of the most important French sculptors of the first half of the nineteenth century. Throughout his almost fifty-year career (1819–1856) David remained true to his conviction that sculptural monuments dedicated to the achievements of great men and women most permanently and vividly express the greatness of a people
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Alphonse de Lamartine, 1830, cast, 1856, French, Bronze, Overall, 5 3/8 x 5 1/4, 13.7 13.3 cm, Medals, Plaquettes, Pierre-Jean David, d’Angers, prolific, important French, sculptors, first half, nineteenth century, almost fifty-year, career, 1819–1856, David remained, true, conviction, sculptural monuments, dedicated, achievements, great men, women, permanently, vividly express, greatness, people
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